A 17-year-old boy has been accused of shooting a dog with a 9 mm handgun in Pittsburgh’s North Side.

Wolfie, a 1-year-old mix, has since returned home after undergoing a blood transfusion at an Ohio Township animal hospital.

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"He's doing well. He's not allowed to be really active just yet because they're worried about the sutures. He won't get the sutures out until July 10. Other than that, he's just being laying around, which is what they want," said Wolfie's owner, Sydnee Napper.

Witnesses said a young man walked up and shot Wolfie while the dog was in his front yard at a home on Marshall Avenue on Saturday.

"He was bleeding from his chest. There's a fair amount of blood. You can track it all the way back here, so he lost a fair amount of blood," he said.

Police found a 9 mm shell casing at the scene and have since charged a 17-year-old boy with firearms violations and cruelty to animals.

Police said the boy, who has not been publicly identified because he’s a juvenile, lives at a halfway house and is allowed to leave on the weekends.

"I have my dog back -- that was the bigger thing. He's all right. He's going to make a full recovery, so I can say, 'I forgive you,' and I do. I just really want to move on with my life at this point," said Napper.

Napper, who was working when Wolfie was shot, said her son called and told her what happened.

Napper said she's grateful to everyone who donated to Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center on Camp Horne Road to help pay for Wolfie's medical bills.

"Thank you so much. Wolfie thanks you. I certainly thank you. I was very overwhelmed. (I tried) not to cry. I was just overwhelmed that people actually care that much about my dog. So I'm very thankful for everything that everybody's done," said Napper.